{"id":18141,"date":"2022-12-02T16:24:23","date_gmt":"2022-12-02T22:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/?p=18141"},"modified":"2025-10-08T08:58:01","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T13:58:01","slug":"esta-familia-migrante-busca-de-nuevo-su-hogar-tras-abandonar-venezuela-rumbo-a-chicago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2022\/12\/02\/this-migrant-family-is-searching-for-home-again-after-leaving-venezuela-for-chicago\/","title":{"rendered":"Una familia busca de nuevo su hogar tras abandonar Venezuela y marcharse a Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fws_69f3e9cdb8a71\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a class=\"no-underline\" href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2022\/12\/06\/tras-los-autobuses-se-encuentran-los-migrantes-en-el-centro-de-la-crisis-fabricada-en-texas\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-18290 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/AfterTheBuses.png\" alt=\"Tras el logotipo de la serie Buses\" width=\"1200\" height=\"443\" \/><\/a>En <a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2022\/12\/06\/tras-los-autobuses-se-encuentran-los-migrantes-en-el-centro-de-la-crisis-fabricada-en-texas\/\">Despu\u00e9s de los autobuses, <\/a>Block Club Chicago y Borderless Magazine siguieron a 10 de los miles de migrantes venezolanos enviados a Chicago como parte de la maniobra pol\u00edtica del gobernador de Texas, Abbott, este a\u00f1o. Block Club Chicago es una redacci\u00f3n sin \u00e1nimo de lucro centrada en los barrios de Chicago; <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/pico.link\/blockclubchicago\/login?id=RegistrationWizard_blockclubchicago&amp;short_code=kvrky26d\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">suscr\u00edbase a su bolet\u00edn diario<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Borderless Magazine es una redacci\u00f3n multiling\u00fce sin \u00e1nimo de lucro que informa sobre y con los inmigrantes de Chicago;<\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/boletin\/\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> suscr\u00edbase a su bolet\u00edn semanal.<\/span><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Un lunes por la ma\u00f1ana, Tom\u00e1s Alvarado y su esposa Carmen Ollarves llevaron a Grecia, su hija de 2 a\u00f1os, a un parque infantil de Portage Park, en la zona noroeste de Chicago. Siempre que el tiempo lo permite, la llevan all\u00ed.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"templatera_shortcode\">\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69f3e9cdba1f5\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-flex vc_row-o-content-middle small\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone border_color_909090 border_style_solid\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69f3e9cdbada8\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-flex vc_row-o-content-middle large top_margin_20px bottom_margin_20px\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"true\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row-bg-overlay row-bg-layer\" style=\"background: #FFFFFF; background: linear-gradient(90deg,#FFFFFF 0%,#FFFFFF 100%);  opacity: 1; \"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent force-phone-text-align-center inherit_tablet inherit_phone border_top_desktop_1px border_bottom_desktop_1px border_color_FFFFFF border_style_solid\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div id=\"fws_69f3e9cdbb462\" data-midnight=\"\" data-column-margin=\"default\" class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row inner_row vc_row-o-equal-height vc_row-flex vc_row-o-content-middle\"  style=\"\"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\"> <div class=\"row-bg\" ><\/div> <\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12_inner col span_12  left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-7 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col child_column no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"   data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<h4 id=\"news-that-puts-power-under-the-spotlight-and-communities-at-the-center\"><strong>Noticias que ponen el poder en el punto de mira y a las comunidades en el centro.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Suscr\u00edbase a nuestro bolet\u00edn gratuito y reciba actualizaciones dos veces por semana.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div style=\"margin-top: -20px; \" class=\"vc_col-sm-5 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col child_column neg-marg no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"   data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\n\t<div class=\"wpb_raw_code wpb_raw_html wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"_form_1\"><\/div><script src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.bluelena.io\/f\/embed.php?id=1\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div> \n\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">La familia lleg\u00f3 a la frontera sur de Estados Unidos hace apenas unos meses. Pero salieron de Venezuela por primera vez en 2018. A pesar de tener tres trabajos entre los dos en Venezuela, apenas hab\u00edan podido dar una comida a la semana a su familia. Junto al hermano de Carmen, Luis, la pareja viaj\u00f3 a Per\u00fa a pie <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2022\/12\/01\/mas-de-25-venezolanos-han-abandonado-su-pais-y-encuentran-nuevos-hogares-en-lugares-como-chicago\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">para escapar del r\u00e9gimen autoritario del presidente venezolano Nicol\u00e1s Maduro.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tom\u00e1s y Carmen segu\u00edan luchando por llegar a fin de mes en Per\u00fa. Carmen recuerda que sus empleadores la rechazaban por sus ra\u00edces venezolanas. Tras cuatro a\u00f1os luchando por ganar lo suficiente para comprar comida y pagar su casa, la familia decidi\u00f3 abandonar Per\u00fa e intentar cruzar a Estados Unidos.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69f3e9cdbd112\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row article-image\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-with-aniamtion-wrap center\" data-max-width=\"100%\" data-max-width-mobile=\"default\" data-shadow=\"none\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" >\r\n      <div class=\"inner\">\r\n        <div class=\"hover-wrap\"> \r\n          <div class=\"hover-wrap-inner\">\r\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-with-animation skip-lazy\" data-delay=\"0\" height=\"100\" width=\"100\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/221017-23_AlvaradoFamily-1_web.jpg\" alt=\"Tom\u00e1s y Carmen visten jersey rojo en su cocina blanca, su hija Grecia lleva pijama de organza\"  \/>\r\n         <\/div>\r\n      <\/div><span class=\"vc_figure-caption ccfic-text media-caption\">Grecia Alvarado y sus padres, Tom\u00e1s Alvarado y Carmen Ollarves, en la cocina de su apartamento en el s\u00f3tano del barrio de Portage Park de Chicago, Illinois, el lunes 17 de octubre de 2022. La familia lleg\u00f3 a Chicago en agosto de 2022 procedente de Per\u00fa, donde pasaron un tiempo tras huir de Venezuela. <\/span><span class=\"media-credit\">Jonathan Aguilar para Borderless Magazine<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69f3e9cdbde51\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cuando Alvarado y su familia caminaron hasta El Paso, Texas, fueron detenidos y retenidos por la Patrulla Fronteriza estadounidense durante tres d\u00edas. Luis permaneci\u00f3 all\u00ed tres semanas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">La \u00fanica persona que conoc\u00edan en Chicago era una antigua vecina de Per\u00fa, que se hab\u00eda trasladado a Estados Unidos a\u00f1os antes. Armados con su direcci\u00f3n, pudieron salir del centro de detenci\u00f3n de inmigrantes diciendo a los asesores de UNICEF que ten\u00edan patrocinadores esper\u00e1ndoles en Chicago. Nadie les pidi\u00f3 pruebas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Un par de d\u00edas despu\u00e9s, un martes de agosto de 2022, los tres llegaron al aeropuerto internacional de O'Hare.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Borderless habl\u00f3 con esta familia de tres miembros sobre c\u00f3mo llegar a fin de mes en Sudam\u00e9rica, su viaje a Chicago desde Per\u00fa y sus esperanzas para el futuro. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"divider-wrap\" data-alignment=\"default\"><div style=\"margin-top: 12.5px; height: 1px; margin-bottom: 12.5px;\" data-width=\"100%\" data-animate=\"\" data-animation-delay=\"\" data-color=\"black\" class=\"divider-border\"><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<p><b>TOM\u00c1S ALVARADO<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Nos conocimos en Caracas. Trabaj\u00e1bamos en Locatel, una farmacia muy conocida. Carmen era auxiliar de farmacia y yo de seguridad. Tambi\u00e9n trabaj\u00e9 en Pizza Hut. Carmen y yo nos conocimos como compa\u00f1eros de trabajo y nos fuimos conociendo poco a poco hasta que empezamos una relaci\u00f3n.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>CARMEN OLLARVES:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> En Venezuela, en nuestros d\u00edas libres, sol\u00edamos ir al cine cuando pod\u00edamos, antes de que la situaci\u00f3n se volviera cr\u00edtica. Cuando empezamos nuestra relaci\u00f3n, yo viv\u00eda en Maracay y \u00e9l en Caracas, a unas dos horas de distancia. En nuestros d\u00edas libres viaj\u00e1bamos a casa de mi madre en Maracay y all\u00ed pas\u00e1bamos todo el tiempo hasta que me mud\u00e9 a Caracas<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>ALVARADO:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Como trabaj\u00e1bamos en una farmacia, compraba medicamentos que no necesitaba para poder hacer trueques por comida. Hab\u00edamos llegado a ese extremo y esa no es forma de vivir para una persona.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lleg\u00f3 un momento en que ten\u00edamos que madrugar o trasnochar para comprar un kilo de arroz. Es la realidad de muchos venezolanos por eso decidimos salir e irnos a ciertos pa\u00edses de Am\u00e9rica Latina porque en ese momento Estados Unidos era un imposible debido a nuestras finanzas.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"vc_separator wpb_content_element vc_separator_align_center vc_sep_width_100 vc_sep_pos_align_center vc_sep_color_black wpb_content_element vc_separator-has-text\" ><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_l\"><span class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span><h4 id=\"read-more\">Seguir leyendo<\/h4><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_r\"><span class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\t\t<div class=\"pk-inline-posts\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-inline-posts-container pk-inline-posts-template-list\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-columns=\"1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<article id=\"post-18150\" class=\"post-18150 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-immigration-policy tag-anagil\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-outer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"entry-thumbnail\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-overlay pk-overlay-ratio pk-ratio-landscape\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-overlay-background\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2022\/12\/01\/more-than-25-of-venezuelans-have-left-their-country-and-are-finding-new-homes-in-places-like-chicago\/\" class=\"pk-overlay-link\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/22.09.08-Migrant-buses-3_featured.jpg\" class=\"attachment-pk-thumbnail size-pk-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"migrantes bajan de un autob\u00fas procedente de Texas\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<header>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"pk-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2022\/12\/01\/more-than-25-of-venezuelans-have-left-their-country-and-are-finding-new-homes-in-places-like-chicago\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">\u00bfQu\u00e9 hay detr\u00e1s de la llegada de inmigrantes venezolanos a Chicago?<\/a><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pk-post-meta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"pk-meta-author meta-author\"><span class=\"author vcard\"><a class=\"url fn n\" href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/author\/diane-bou-khalil\/\" title=\"Ver todas las publicaciones de Diane Bou Khalil\">Diane Bou Khalil<\/a><\/span><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sep\">-<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"pk-meta-date meta-date\"><a href=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/es\/2022\/12\/01\/more-than-25-of-venezuelans-have-left-their-country-and-are-finding-new-homes-in-places-like-chicago\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">1 de diciembre de 2022<\/a><\/span>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/header><!-- .entry-header -->\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .post-inner -->\n\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .post-outer -->\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"vc_separator wpb_content_element vc_separator_align_center vc_sep_width_100 vc_sep_pos_align_center vc_sep_color_black wpb_content_element\" ><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_l\"><span class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span><span class=\"vc_sep_holder vc_sep_holder_r\"><span class=\"vc_sep_line\"><\/span><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<p><b>OLLARVES:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Emprendimos el viaje a Per\u00fa en febrero de 2018. Tardamos 12 d\u00edas, con mi hermano, en hacer el recorrido entre caminatas y algunos paseos que nos daba la gente. Tom\u00e1s vino despu\u00e9s.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Era dif\u00edcil encontrar trabajo en Per\u00fa. No quer\u00edan venezolanos all\u00ed, aceptando trabajos. Hab\u00eda muchos trabajos en los que mi marido no cobraba, a pesar de trabajar de 12 a 14 horas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>ALVARADO: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Elegimos Per\u00fa porque pensamos que podr\u00eda ser la mejor de las peores opciones. Pero Per\u00fa est\u00e1 empezando a tener los mismos problemas que Venezuela. Los alquileres est\u00e1n subiendo de precio y el salario sigue siendo el mismo. Es muy gradual. Quiz\u00e1 el impacto no sea enorme, pero empiezas a verlo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As\u00ed que nos fuimos, y pasamos de Per\u00fa a Ecuador y a Colombia, a trav\u00e9s de la selva, para llegar a Estados Unidos.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vinimos con nuestra hija y mi cu\u00f1ado Luis, que llevaba tres maletas. Mi mujer dur\u00f3 dos d\u00edas en la monta\u00f1a, descalza y en ropa interior, porque el barro le com\u00eda la ropa. Pasamos dos d\u00edas en la selva, un d\u00eda sin comer. Tuvimos que comer cebollas con mayonesa porque era lo \u00fanico que ten\u00edamos.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>OLLARVES:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> En aquel momento todav\u00eda estaba amamantando a Grecia. Cuando salimos de la selva, fuimos a un campamento en Panam\u00e1 y pudimos comer all\u00ed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>ALVARADO:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Panam\u00e1, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, fuimos pa\u00eds por pa\u00eds, y finalmente llegamos a Texas, a la frontera. Entonces la Patrulla Fronteriza nos tom\u00f3 los datos, nos dijeron que tir\u00e1ramos todo lo que ten\u00edamos. Nos quedamos con nuestra ropa y los pa\u00f1ales de Grecia. Luego nos tomaron los datos.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69f3e9cdc2c8c\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-with-aniamtion-wrap\" data-max-width=\"100%\" data-max-width-mobile=\"default\" data-shadow=\"none\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" >\r\n      <div class=\"inner\">\r\n        <div class=\"hover-wrap\"> \r\n          <div class=\"hover-wrap-inner\">\r\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-with-animation skip-lazy\" data-delay=\"0\" height=\"100\" width=\"100\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/221017-23_AlvaradoFamily-3_web.jpg\" alt=\"Tom\u00e1s se\u00f1ala a Grecia un tobog\u00e1n azul del parque infantil, tiene un jersey de ping pong con una estrella\"  \/>\r\n         <\/div>\r\n      <\/div><span class=\"vc_figure-caption ccfic-text media-caption\">Grecia y Tom\u00e1s Alvarado juegan en el parque infantil de Portage Park, en el barrio de Portage Park de Chicago, Illinois, el domingo 23 de octubre de 2022. <\/span><span class=\"media-credit\">Jonathan Aguilar para Borderless Magazine<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69f3e9cdc3a4a\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<p><b>OLLARVES:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> La Patrulla Fronteriza se qued\u00f3 con nuestros documentos y desde la frontera nos llevaron a El Paso. Nos entregamos y estuvimos all\u00ed tres d\u00edas detenidos. Luis vino con nosotros, pero a \u00e9l le llev\u00f3 m\u00e1s tiempo, unos 22 d\u00edas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nos llevaron a un lugar para darnos un documento que nos iba a identificar para que pudi\u00e9ramos viajar a la ciudad que hab\u00edamos elegido. Despu\u00e9s de eso, nos llevaron a un refugio en Las Cruces, Nuevo M\u00e9xico.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">El albergue comprob\u00f3 que ten\u00edamos dinero para viajar. Nos hicieron el favor de llevarnos al aeropuerto y hubo un <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.unicef.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">UNICEF<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> asesor que nos ayud\u00f3 a comprar los billetes para viajar.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>ALVARADO:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Mientras Luis estuvo detenido en El Paso, se encontr\u00f3 all\u00ed con otros centroamericanos que se entregaron como nosotros. Llevaban all\u00ed entre ocho meses y un a\u00f1o, as\u00ed que tem\u00eda que a \u00e9l le pasara lo mismo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>OLLARVES:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Cuando est\u00e1bamos de camino a Estados Unidos ya ten\u00edamos la mentalidad de que \u00edbamos a venir a Chicago.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>ALVARADO:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Elegimos Chicago por un vecino de Per\u00fa que vino aqu\u00ed y qued\u00f3 encantado.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Y yo, m\u00e1s o menos conoc\u00eda Chicago por las pel\u00edculas americanas. Conoc\u00eda Chicago tanto como la Torre Trump. \u00bfQui\u00e9n no la conoce? El lago Michigan, el centro, esas cosas, peque\u00f1as cosas. La historia que tuvo Chicago con los mafiosos, con Capone, ese tipo de historia interesante. No pensaba en Estados Unidos y en Chicago en comparaci\u00f3n con otras ciudades.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Creo que hab\u00eda o\u00eddo en un albergue de Panam\u00e1 que Chicago era una ciudad que proteg\u00eda a los inmigrantes. Yo no lo sab\u00eda, pero ya hab\u00eda elegido Chicago.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>OLLARVES:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Cuando llegamos a Texas y nos dejaron ir, empezamos nuestro viaje aqu\u00ed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Duramos tres d\u00edas en el refugio de Nuevo M\u00e9xico, luego nos entregamos un viernes y el martes por la ma\u00f1ana est\u00e1bamos de camino a Chicago.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>ALVARADO:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Nos llevaron al aeropuerto de El Paso. Nos avisaron con treinta minutos de antelaci\u00f3n y sin tiempo para ducharnos.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Por ahora, nos alojamos en una casa que pertenece al jefe de uno de nuestros antiguos vecinos de Per\u00fa. Nuestra vecina fue como nuestra intermediaria. Ella nos trajo a Chicago.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hemos tenido algunos problemas con la casa. Las tuber\u00edas se congelaron y reventaron. Hay agujeros en el techo que hemos tapado con tela para que no se vieran. Lo hemos limpiado y el due\u00f1o de la casa ha visto todo lo que hemos hecho y no nos ha cobrado el alquiler de los dos primeros meses y medio.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>OLLARVES: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A diferencia de Per\u00fa, aqu\u00ed tengo una cama donde dormir. Gracias a Dios tengo donde cocinar. Tengo una nevera peque\u00f1a pero que funciona. En otras palabras, hay una gran diferencia.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Estamos buscando hospital tras hospital para ver d\u00f3nde pueden tratar a nuestra hija por su tos. Grecia ya ten\u00eda el vientre muy hinchado por haber bebido agua contaminada durante el viaje, porque era eso o morir.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Formamos parte de un grupo de mensajes en el que compartimos informaci\u00f3n sobre recursos. Pero, necesitamos alg\u00fan tipo de identificaci\u00f3n estatal para utilizar muchos de esos servicios.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69f3e9cdc4883\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-12 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-with-aniamtion-wrap\" data-max-width=\"100%\" data-max-width-mobile=\"default\" data-shadow=\"none\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" >\r\n      <div class=\"inner\">\r\n        <div class=\"hover-wrap\"> \r\n          <div class=\"hover-wrap-inner\">\r\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-with-animation skip-lazy\" data-delay=\"0\" height=\"100\" width=\"100\" data-animation=\"fade-in\" src=\"https:\/\/borderlessmag.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/221017-23_AlvaradoFamily-6_web.jpg\" alt=\"Tom\u00e1s empuja el cochecito mientras Carmen y Grecia pasean, est\u00e1n todos en el camino junto al parque\"  \/>\r\n         <\/div>\r\n      <\/div><span class=\"vc_figure-caption ccfic-text media-caption\">Tom\u00e1s Alvarado, Grecia Alvarado y Carmen Ollarves caminan por el barrio de Portage Park de Chicago, Illinois, el domingo 23 de octubre de 2022. Grecia llevaba ocho semanas enferma y no hab\u00eda recibido tratamiento hasta hace poco. Jonathan Aguilar para Borderless Magazine<\/span><span class=\"media-credit\">\u00a9Jonathan Aguilar<\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"fws_69f3e9cdc553f\"  data-column-margin=\"default\" data-midnight=\"dark\"  class=\"wpb_row vc_row-fluid vc_row\"  style=\"padding-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; \"><div class=\"row-bg-wrap\" data-bg-animation=\"none\" data-bg-animation-delay=\"\" data-bg-overlay=\"false\"><div class=\"inner-wrap row-bg-layer\" ><div class=\"row-bg viewport-desktop\"  style=\"\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row_col_wrap_12 col span_12 dark left\">\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-2 vc_hidden-sm vc_hidden-xs wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col no-extra-padding inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n\n\t<div  class=\"vc_col-sm-8 wpb_column column_container vc_column_container col padding-3-percent inherit_tablet inherit_phone\"  data-padding-pos=\"all\" data-has-bg-color=\"false\" data-bg-color=\"\" data-bg-opacity=\"1\" data-animation=\"\" data-delay=\"0\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"vc_column-inner\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<p><b>ALVARADO:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Tambi\u00e9n hemos estado en varios hospitales que nos han dicho que no volvamos, porque como \"ilegales\", hay lugares y albergues para cuidar a nuestro hijo enfermo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Grecia fue tratada recientemente en un hospital de Humboldt Park. M\u00e1s tarde lleg\u00f3 la factura a nuestra casa con un total de $645.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Como no tengo permiso de trabajo, trabajo como contratista de limpieza y construcci\u00f3n. Pinto casas, limpio jardines... cosas que puede hacer un inmigrante sin papeles.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Si tuvi\u00e9ramos mejores ingresos, podr\u00edamos ayudar m\u00e1s. No vinimos s\u00f3lo por nosotros, sino por nuestros seres queridos que se quedaron en Venezuela. \u00bfC\u00f3mo podemos ayudarles?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">La madre de Carmen necesita medicinas que en Venezuela son muy caras o no est\u00e1n disponibles. As\u00ed que hemos podido enviarle dinero.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No hemos tenido que gastar dinero en ropa, cosa que agradecemos mucho.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>OLLARVES:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Con el tiempo, me gustar\u00eda tener mi propia casita, coche, perrito... cualquiera de esas cosas, porque ser\u00eda algo m\u00edo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Creo que una vez que aprenda ingl\u00e9s, se me abrir\u00e1n muchas puertas.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"divider-wrap\" data-alignment=\"default\"><div style=\"margin-top: 12.5px; height: 1px; margin-bottom: 12.5px;\" data-width=\"100%\" data-animate=\"\" data-animation-delay=\"\" data-color=\"default\" class=\"divider-border\"><\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Alvarado dijo a Borderless que sue\u00f1a con ser chef y que alg\u00fan d\u00eda le encantar\u00eda tener un restaurante con su mujer. Est\u00e1 buscando trabajo fijo en cocinas y le gustar\u00eda quedarse en Chicago. Ollarves encontr\u00f3 trabajo recientemente limpiando casas. Espera poder seguir estudiando pronto. Alvarado est\u00e1 matriculado en cursos nocturnos para adultos a trav\u00e9s de la Asociaci\u00f3n Polaco Americana de Chicago para aprender ingl\u00e9s. La pareja tiene como principal objetivo aprender ingl\u00e9s. Cuando \u00e9l vuelve a casa, los tres practican juntos el ingl\u00e9s todo lo que pueden.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><i data-stringify-type=\"italic\">Este reportaje se ha realizado con el apoyo del\u00a0<\/i><i data-stringify-type=\"italic\"><a class=\"c-link c-link--focus-visible\" tabindex=\"-1\" href=\"https:\/\/headlineclub.org\/about\/chcfoundation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-stringify-link=\"https:\/\/headlineclub.org\/about\/chcfoundation\/\" data-sk=\"tooltip_parent\" data-remove-tab-index=\"true\">Fundaci\u00f3n Chicago Headline Club<\/a><\/i><i data-stringify-type=\"italic\">.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<\/div> \n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div> \n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tras a\u00f1os de emigraci\u00f3n, Tom\u00e1s Alvarado y Carmen Ollarves vuelven a Chicago con su hija peque\u00f1a.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":125,"featured_media":18164,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[418],"coauthors":[417],"class_list":{"0":"post-18141","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-as-told-to","8":"tag-tomascarmen"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Venezuelan Family Searching for New Home in Chicago &#8211; 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